台灣是個位於太平洋西岸的島國,人口約兩千三百萬。

Taiwan is an island nation in the western Pacific Ocean with a population of roughly 23 million people.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 台灣 Táiwān variant of 臺灣 Táiwān
=2 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=2 shì variant of shì
3 個位 wèi the units place (or column) in the decimal system
=4
  1. (of time or place) in; at; on
  2. (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for
  3. (indicating a source) from; out of
  4. (used in comparison) than
  5. (used in the passive voice) by
=4
  1. surname Yu
  2. Taiwan pr.
=4
  1. (literary) Oh!
  2. Ah!
=5 太平洋 Tàipíng Yáng Pacific Ocean
=5 太平洋 Tàipíngyáng the Pacific Ocean
6 西岸 xī'àn west coast; west bank; west shore
=7 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=7 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=7 really and truly
=7 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
8 島國 dǎoguó island nation (sometimes refers specifically to Japan)
9 人口 rénkǒu
  1. population
  2. people
=10 yāo to weigh in a balance or on a scale
=10 yuē
  1. to make an appointment
  2. to invite
  3. approximately
  4. pact
  5. treaty
  6. to economize
  7. to restrict
  8. to reduce (a fraction)
  9. concise
=11 liǎng
  1. two
  2. both
  3. some
  4. a few
  5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty jīn (old)
=11 liàng Original form of (liàng).
=12 qiān thousand
=12 qiān used in 鞦韆 qiūqiān
13 三百 Sānbǎi
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see , .
  2. short for 三百篇 (Sānbǎipiān)
=14 Wàn surname Wan
=14 wàn
  1. ten thousand
  2. a great number